1. California dreamin By Mamas and Papas
Portillo Yolanda
Ms. Galloway
English
March 2014

2. Summary
The song is about the speaker misses being in California and he dreams of being safe and warm in LA.

3. Speaker
The speaker’s tone is sad and the song is a little fast

4. Musicality
The instruments used create a calm moody such as the piano ,coustic guitar ,flute and electric guitar.

5. Theme
Move to another place makes you sad and you make feel why is so important your country for you.

6. Figurative Language Hyperbole Line number 3 all the leaves are brown
The speaker uses hyperbole because not all the leaves are brown.

7. Figurative Language Simile The sky is gray/ line 3
The speaker is using simile because he is comparing the sky and the color gray he miss being in his country and he say the sky is gray because he is sad.

8. Figurative Language Imagery
On lines 9 and 11 I’d be safe and warm if I was in LA

9. Sound Devices Rhyme Lines 17 and 19 “ I passed along the way”
“And I pretend to pray”

10. Sound Devices Repetition All the song 1-15 and 27-48
Example: All the leaves are brown
All the leaves are brown

11. Personal Connection
I choose this song because I am identify with it because I miss living in Mexico and I dream of being one moving to Mexico, I like the lyrics I like how sound the instruments and I choose this song because I heart it on the CA lottery commercial and I like it.